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the orland park prairie | December 27, 2018 | 27
AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP
Eagles swimmers hot, wrestlers
suffer heartbreaking SWSC loss
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
Sandburg’s boys swimming and diving
team, which has won three straight sectionals,
is off to another big start in 2018-2019,
which included a recent 109-74 victory over
District 230 rival Stagg in Orland Park.
Pete Bukiri, a senior who qualified for
state in two events last season, won a pair
of events against the Chargers as he claimed
the 200 yard IM (2 minutes, 6.35 seconds)
and 100 free (:50.58).
Sean Harlin won the 100 fly (:56.69),
while Ethan Miranda-Gale claimed the 500
free (5:13.51).
The 200 free relay team of Mitch Cook-
Graver, Harlin, Miranda-Gale and Mike Rzeszowicz
won in 1:35.08 and the 400 free
relay foursome of Cook-Graver, Miranda-
Gale, Eddie Howaniec and Bukiri was first
with a 3:25.51.
Diver Cody Thill scored a winning 4.00.
The Eagles finished second in the 12-
team York Invitational on Dec. 15.
Individually, Jacob Simonek was second
in the 100 breast stroke with 1:04.04 and
fifth in the 100 IM with a 1:00.50.
Thill was second in diving 395.80 and
Cory Verzak third with 380.90.
Harlin was third in the 200 IM 2:05.79 and
Miranda-Gale was fourth with a 2:07.75.
Jimmy Jenkot took third in the 100 breast
with a 1:04.25;
Bukuri took fourth in the 200 free 1:51.08
and fourth in the 500 free 5:00.20
The Eagles are at the Lincoln-Way Central
Invitational Thursday, Dec. 27.
Tough loss on the mat
Sandburg got behind 19-0 and made a
huge comeback but fell short in a 31-30 loss
to Lockport on Friday, Dec. 21, in a South-
West Suburban Blue battle in Orland Park.
Lockport was ranked in the top five in
the state in Class 3A by two services and
picked up three pins in the match to Sandburg’s
two. Another tipping point was that
Lockport won a pair of one-point decisions
and Sandburg, which lost its first dual of the
season in 11 tries, pulled off one.
Sandburg winners were Matthew Parker
(106 pounds), Patrick Nolan (138), Zach
Bateman (145), Mike Bosco (182), Kevin
Zimmer (195), Alex Hirschfield (220) and
Nate Goodman (285).
The Eagles host Glenbard North at 11
a.m. on Friday, Dec. 28.
Peter Bukiri takes first in the 200 yard IM
during a battle against District 230 rival
Stagg. PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY
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Sandburg’s Matthew Parker positions
himself for a pin on the last match of
the day but his team dropped a 31-30
heartbreaker to Lockport on Friday, Dec. 21
in Orland Park.
Austin wins state Cyclocross title
Sandburg freshman Jordan Austin won
the 15-16 division of the Cyclocross Illinois
State Championship Dec. 2 at Montrose Harbor
in Chicago.
She won the 15-16 title last year at the age
of 14 when she choose to race up in age. She
races for the Weather Channel team .
Her team is made up of six athletes and is
coached by Juan Carlos Arteaga of Broadview.
Dolitzky game set for Friday
The Eagles Hockey Club will host two
games on Friday, Dec. 28 at the Arctic Ice
Arena in memory of former player David
Dolitsky, who died in 2016 after being struck
by a vehicle while he was mowing the lawn.
The Eagles’ junior varsity will take on an
alumni team at 7 p.m. and the varsity follows
with a game against the alumni at 7:45 p.m.
The Eagles have set up a scholarship fund
in Dolitsky’s name. Sam Lotito and Connor
Wiegel were the first two recipients.
FOOTBALL
Area coaches to make most of big changes
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
Illinois High School Association
schools shockingly
voted to eliminate conferences
and implement a district
system in football, starting
with the 2021 season.
The proposal narrowly
passed with 324 schools
voting yes, 307 voting no
and 69 school turned in ballots
with no opinions. There
were 116 schools that did not
turn in ballots.
The nuts and bolts is that
there will be eight districts
in eight classes. The top four
teams in each district will go
to the 32-team postseason in
each class. There will still be
a nine-game regular-season
schedule and the first two
games will not count for or
against a postseason bid.
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would not pass because no
one will know who will be
in what class or what district
for another couple of years.
But it passed sight unseen.
Coaches in the area are
trying to look at the bright
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Sandburg coach Scott Peters
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